Word Made Flesh is a contemplative community. One of the ways that we contemplate what God is doing in the world and in our lives is through the reflection articles that we write. We invite you to read, learn, and celebrate with us.
Serving in Romania: Learning the Heart of God Among Vulnerable Children by Timothy Fehn
Courage in Following God’s Will by Benjamin Grimm
Courage in Following God’s Will by Benjamin Grimm Psalm 23 The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want He makes me lie down in green pastures He leads me beside still waters He restores my soul He leads me in paths of righteousness: for his namesake Even though I walk through the valley…
Submitted to His Will by Christian Alafia Cole
Submitted to His Will by Christian Alafia Cole My friend told me a story a while ago about a man who was tasked with demolishing a strong wall. The man spent months with a heavy hammer, hitting the wall as many times as he could, to bring the wall down, and eventually, succeeded. I wondered what…
Lessons in Submission: How Submission Guided My Mentorship with Mabinty by Ansumana Bangura
Lessons in Submission: How Submission Guided My Mentorship with Mabinty by Ansumana Bangura In September 2014, during our routine Thursday outreach in our community of Kroo Bay, I met a woman named Mummy Hawa. She told me about her financial challenges living in Kroo Bay as well as the challenges experienced by her youngest daughter,…
My first time visiting Word Made Flesh Romania by Jasmine Yoo
Krystal, our mentor for the summer, took the interns – Alice, Elly, and I – to Galați, Romania, to visit another Word Made Flesh center. We had been interning at La VIA in Chișinău, Moldova, for two weeks and we were going on an excursion to one of our neighboring communities in Galați, Romania. All…
Sharing the Gospel starts with Listening by Alafia Cole
Finding myself in Sierra Leone, a country with seventeen ethnic groups, and each with their own sets of beliefs, traditions and customs. It is my dream to see every one of these groups subjecting themselves to the kingdom culture which sets Jesus at the center of all, spreading God’s love to everyone in relation to…
My Jesus sits with Tax Collectors, Sinners, and Me! by Emma Crocker
Brokenness is one of the hardest lifestyle celebrations of WMF for me to celebrate. I’m a perfectionist with myself, and I often struggle with shame when I don’t meet my imagined and unrealistic standards. I can tell you now that what brought me to Jesus at the age of 15 was feeling seen by God…
Choosing Trust over Certainty by Emily Fales
January is often embraced as a symbol of renewal in people’s lives. It is filled with visioning, planning, goal setting, scheduling, reorienting, and refocusing. For those who have a clear goal in mind, they are excited to share the story they are hoping unfolds in their year. I had already been asked the question What…
Faces of Love – Rosa’s Story
The Esther Project became a turning point for Rosa, a member of WMF Brazil Community, when she encountered the kindness of Val and Missionaria Dandy. Initially, Rosa came to the community with the intention of sharing her truth to secure a basic food basket. She received not only the essential provisions but also spiritual support…
Faces of Love – Max’s Story
Max* is short in stature, thin, with blond hair and beautiful bright blue eyes, has some speech deficiencies, and prefers to play alone. His start at the center was slow-paced. With unmet emotional and material needs, Max was lacking the desire to attend school and the center. As the youngest in his family, he had…
Faces of Love – Julian and Gabriel’s Story
Every Thursday, our community looks forward to visiting our friends in the Kroo Bay Community during our Outreach program. On this particular Thursday, three of our staff met a young boy named Julian, in a heated quarrel with a relative, who threatened to hit him. They stayed to help calm the situation and later enquired…